A " Stirling " Maserati If There Ever Was One
black mamba
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Forgive my play on words in the title....you'll see what I mean later.
This was billed as a 1956 Maserati 200 SI. This particular car, chassis #2401, was the first one constructed and raced during the later part of 1955 and on into 1956. It was the factory " mule " which played a large part in determining how the production 200SI model was appointed. The car was raced just as you see it....an almost unfinished look, no paint.
It enjoyed a successful racing career and this very car was driven by a whole host of storied drivers: Stirling Moss, Lance Reventlow, Jim Hall, Jo Bonnier, and Giorgio Scarlatti...among others. This car was huge in the overall Maserati story.
This was billed as a 1956 Maserati 200 SI. This particular car, chassis #2401, was the first one constructed and raced during the later part of 1955 and on into 1956. It was the factory " mule " which played a large part in determining how the production 200SI model was appointed. The car was raced just as you see it....an almost unfinished look, no paint.
It enjoyed a successful racing career and this very car was driven by a whole host of storied drivers: Stirling Moss, Lance Reventlow, Jim Hall, Jo Bonnier, and Giorgio Scarlatti...among others. This car was huge in the overall Maserati story.
I always wanted to lie naked on a bearskin rug in front of a fireplace. Cracker Barrel didn't take kindly to it.
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colorful history. I was born in the later month of 55'.
Speaking of colorful. Why not PP for this one. Looking pretty bland as is.
As you know, I don't believe in a lot of PP...unless I have to do it to save a picture that otherwise wouldn't come out right. But because it was you, I breathed on this one again....very slightly.
See you buddy,
Tom
PP. Missed that you revealed that preference in whatever thread you
mentioned it in. It happens.
I can tell ya I don't care to have to pass every little pic through PP but the
need seems to always be there. The camera on default settings will always
give me a photo that needs work to POP effectively.
Being frustrated adequately enough with too much time in PP, I finally,
and radically for me, changed one frame of the picture style settings in
my 30D to 5,1,3,2 respectively for general shooting. Its a little hot for color
saturation but I'm leaving it there for now.
These setting results can be seen in the first 2 photos in my recent
"saving bucks $$$" thread. The only thing I did in those 2 photos was
dodge dark areas of the engine compartment. The 3rd older image
was shot with camera neutral factory default settings like all my pictures
historically have been. And I did have to go in and work that shot over
in PP to get it from bland and dead to anything near decent looking.